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Check out the November 2020 edition of Quality: Training in the age of COVID-19, SPC intangibles, future-proof your quality system, gages for screw thread inserts and much more!

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Training in the Age of COVID-19

With the virus disrupting businesses worldwide, training employees presents new challenges. Experts comment on what can be done.
Genevieve Diesing
November 2, 2020
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The U.S. manufacturing industry’s skilled labor shortage has been widely reported in the past decade. Millions of jobs became vacant due to the retirement of baby boomers and economic expansion.


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Features

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Industry 4.0

Is Quality and Validation ready for Industry 4.0?

Validation practices need to evolve in order for regulated industries to keep up a competitive edge.
Michelle Vuolo
November 1, 2020
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Quality and compliance are all about consistency and repeatability. Change is often seen as a risk. These are times of dramatic change, with a new digital manufacturing paradigm and ongoing pandemic both accelerating the rate of transformation.


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Gages for Screw Thread Inserts (STI)

It is critical for both the gage manufacturer and the metrology lab to know the industry standard for the gages being manufactured or calibrated.
Mike Oddy
November 2, 2020
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Screw thread inserts (STI) require the threaded hole to be inspected prior to inserting the threaded insert or coil. The dimensions and tolerances for the gages used to inspect these threads have been a bit confusing over the past 30 years. 


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Future-Proof Your Quality Systems

Manufacturers must take the opportunity now to bolster their quality systems.
Ken Myers
October 31, 2020
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The first half of 2020 found manufacturers having to pivot in the face of unprecedented challenges. Many had to halt production or, at the very least, slow production due to decreased demand and onsite worker limits.


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Columns

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From the Editor, Darryl Seland

How Do I Do That?

Have a strategy.
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Darryl Seland
November 2, 2020
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A merchant has a fox, a rabbit, and a head of lettuce and sits on the edge of a river. He has a small raft capable of carrying only himself and one item at a time, but without his supervision, the fox will eat the rabbit, and the rabbit will eat the lettuce. 


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Guest Column

“Good to Go”

The three most dangerous words in quality
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Ian R Lazarus
October 30, 2020
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The first time it happened was in 2009. I was about to take the helm of a 34-foot catamaran in the British Virgin Islands as captain, my baptism into the world of “bareboat” sailing. “You’re good to go,” said the dockhand. 


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Speaking of Quality

Celebrate Success: World Quality Month is for You

November 3, 2020
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After learning something truly exciting, there is something extraordinarily satisfying in sharing it with someone else. Children do this all the time. They take the new information directly to an adult—usually a parent or caregiver—and the words pour out of their mouths, torrents of energy and pride.


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